Artista and Finasteride

[Artista]

Hello everyone,
After having doing extensive research on the usage of Finasteride (brand names Proscar and Propecia by Merck, among other generic names), as well as reading the experiences here on the forum and after talking directly to men that have taken it, I consulted with my regular doctor. He and I have never spoke of hair loss before. I told him of my desire to try Fin' for my hair loss and his response was a VERY POSITIVE one.(he can be quite conservative at times)
To repeat what I said at the other thread on Aug 1st;
I had a great conversation with my regular doctor, he was very POSITIVE of its usage. I was surprised to hear that he has prescribed it to many of his patients for MPB (throughout the years) and he states that all (not some) of those patients have had RESULTS at varying degrees.
Some patients have had very minor changes and some have had and maintained great IMPROVEMENTS due to Fin' usage.
He said that the only side effects present were a small % of his patients experiencing lessening of their ejaculate, but that's all.
Nothing worse than that.

I started taking Finasteride on August 1st 2013!

My doc has told me to take 1 mg everyday and in 3 months we would have a follow up appt on this. He feels that my scalp should have a positive result from its use also that it should not be a negative factor to my health or age.
The brand that I am prescribed is generic by 'Dr. Reddy's Laboratories'
I started this thread for all of you guys out there!
Of course I will still be a patient later year of Dr Wesley's phase trials.
I had spoke with Dr Wesley prior to talking with my regular GP to make sure it would have no baring on the phase test surgery. He gave me the thumbs up too.
I will take a full 1 mg pill for a week and maybe then ,I will break them in half as suggested by experienced users.

[BudskiiHD]

Hello everyone

Hi

that it should not be a negative factor to my health or age.

It won't have any effect on your age since finasteride is not a time machine. lol

I will take a full 1 mg pill for a week and maybe then ,I will break them in half as suggested by experienced users.

1mg is the recommended dosage. If you are trying to save on cash, then get a prescription for 5mg and split that into 4 to get 1.25mg. There is no reason to lower the dosage below 1mg unless you are getting side effects.

[Artista]

Hey thanks BudskiiHD! I appreciate your response and will give your suggestion consideration.

[Artista]

I'm feeling very positive about finally trying out Finasteride. Today marks the 3rd day of use now.. I've felt nothing different in my day to day life. Sleep is good , no headaches etc.

[vinnytr]

I'm feeling very positive about finally trying out Finasteride. Today marks the 3rd day of use now.. I've felt nothing different in my day to day life. Sleep is good , no headaches etc.

Congrats on starting fin and i hope it works for you
How old are you ?

Also did your doctor tell roughly to how many people he did prescribe fin for hairloss ? and how many of them did get good results ?

I was anti-fin for over a year since i have been hearing stories when i first researched about it a year ago . I have been taking proscar roughly 0.6 mg everyday since the 1st of july 2013 now and thank god i have nothing bad to report so far although its early days (just over a month)
I have a severe shedding of weak hairs which started recently , i am hoping this means fin is working .
Keep up updated on here please

[Artista]

Hi Vinny, my doctor didn't give me the actual #of patients he has prescribed Fin' to but he did say that there were a QUITE lot. A good amount of them experiencing very positive results. Of course I will keep everyone informed as to my progress. Eventually I will take pictures.

[Jossie13]

Hi, Thank you for sharing...FB

[Hicks]

Good thread. Thanks.

FYI or TMI I've been on proscar for just over 2 years with little if any sides (watery semen). A few days ago I had to wait to p**s in the morning because the morning wood wouldn't go down. Brush teeth, contacts in, Ok now I can p**s. I do admit I'm not a fan of any drug.

Best to you Artista

[Notcoolanymore]

I do admit I'm not a fan of any drug.

Thank you! I am not a fan of any drug either, but I am a fan of my hair and doing what is reasonable(millions of guys over close to 2 decades of use, with very low chance of sides) to keep it.

[Artista]

Hey there Notcool' No need to apologize bro',,I respect your opinions on this topic.
You do make good points and its good that you share your points with everyone here.
Using any type of medications for whatever reasons must be an individual decision to make.
That is~~ when one is fully informed and educated on those medications via a doctor or doctors.
As you know, none of us show every make decisions based on premonitions, emotions or by hastiness.
Especially the very young men and women.

Notcool' -keep up the good commonsense conversations here on our forum.